Jay  says:
 
<<I just  reread the study.  21% of babies were switched from donor milk  to
preterm formula.

These were babies 23-29 weeks gestation with mean  of 27 weeks gestation.
This is certainly not my area of  expertise.>>


 
 
One wonders if the donor  milk had been donated from mothers of preterm 
infants if there would have been a  substantial difference.  We are talking 
micropremies here -- not 32 or 33  weeks.  We know that the milk of a mom of a 
preterm infant is different  than the milk of a mom of a full term infant.  Donor 
milk is a compilation  of all sorts of milk of all sorts of aged babies.  Those 
babies that were  getting MM were getting milk that was *their* age -- and met 
their needs.   I guess I'm not terribly surprised that the DM didn't 
completely meet the needs  of these micropremies.  However, I do think it is quite sad 
that the media  has jumped on this, and some folks are now extrapolating this 
info to mean *all*  preterm infants need formula, not DM.  
 
Sigh.  There will  always be naysayers in every crowd.  




Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, Wheaton IL

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